Housing

The wealthy people in Ancient Egypt had big homes. Most of the rich peoples had two or three story of mud bricks, which were made out of stones. Their house was decorated very nicely. There were tiled floors, yellow or blue color ceiling. A house had about ten rooms. One of the rooms was a private room. They decorate it with papyrus marshes and wild leaves. They made this room to worship gods. They had a dining room. They sat on a comfortable cushion and ate in a low table. They also had a sleeping room. When they sleep they slept on woven mat placed on a wooden frame work. There was private garden covered with trees and vines. They covered the private garden because they didn’t like the other rich copying their house style. Inside the privet garden there were flowers and pools with ornamental fishes. There was also a pool that the people could swim with. ** Houses of Poor People ** The poor people live in one room– mud- brick houses. The house looks like a mud color box with a door. The mud-bricks are thick to keep out the heat. It is cool inside. The roofs are flats since there is not much rain. Inside the poor people house, the floor is an earth floor, shrines, cheap decorations, pillar, a small window for lights, and a basement level where they store things. There are not many pieces of furniture inside. Usually their furniture was made from wood. There is a stairs that led through to the roof. Egyptian people sat on the roof, drying washing there, and even cooking there, for those who doesn’t have yard where they can cook.
 * [[image:http://www.philae.nu/akhet/House.gif width="240" height="166" align="left" caption="This is a picture of wealthy homes of Ancient Egypt. (http://www.philae.nu/akhet/House.gif) "]] Wealthy Homes[[image:http://web-owls.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/homeyard.jpg width="132" height="151" align="right" caption="The privet garden of the wealthy people of Ancient Egypt. (http://web-owls.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/homeyard.jpg)"]] **

Egyptian people gather the mud from Nile River. They began to mix the mud with straw and pebbles in the construction area. After being mixed, they place it in molds and left it dry under the sun. They used a mallet, (big hammer), T- Square, (a thing that they use to measure angle), and a plumb that makes the house straight. Since the mud-brick crumbled in sun, they need to rebuild their house, frequently. Egyptian people white washed the walls with mixture of lime and water. Found on [] [] [] Found book resources Ancient civilization by: Alexandra Virginia Book: The Ancient Egyptians []  []
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